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Recumbent, he tosses a few handfuls of duff into a sifter fashioned from a cat litter box with its bottom cut out and replaced by a screen.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
Using a sifter or fine-mesh strainer, sift the flour over the bowl and whisk until almost smooth; a few small lumps are okay.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022
For instance, if you're using oat flour or mesquite flour, you will want to use a sifter, as these flours tend to clump.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2021
For about 10 days, she has used sifter boxes and shovels — left by a friendly stranger — to search for anything left.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2018
Blore was busy on the handle of the chopper and the flour sifter from the kitchen.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
One Scout used her Eagle Scout service project to create ash sifters, which the Scouts donated to fire stations in the Palisades and Altadena to help homeowners find valuables in the rubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
A broad Choctaw basket collected in Mississippi resembles the sifters that Naquin’s family used when catching shrimp.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2017
Processing rooms hold sifters where Beta Hatch sorts the insects.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2017
The Chrysalis staff, accompanied by Lauren Chu, combed through the dirt with the aid of giant box sifters.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2016
Lina hadn’t thought about it before, but now she wondered about the trash sifters.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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